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5 Dollars Year of the Rat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse description | A seated allegorical figure of Liberty, draped and crowned with a radiate diadem, occupies the central field facing slightly left; she holds a sheaf of grain in her left hand while her right arm rests at her side, with a globe inscribed LIBERTY at her feet to the right and a rising sun motif to the left. The legend REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA arcs along the upper periphery, and the motto LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE appears in three lines across the lower field. The date 1997 is inscribed on a raised tablet in the exergue, and the entire design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Two rats are depicted in high relief at the center of the field: one seated upright on a traditional Chinese hat (guanmao) facing left, and a second rat crouching to the right before a large pumpkin or gourd. The Chinese character 鼠 (rat) appears within a cartouche at the lower center, flanked by the denomination $5. The years of the Rat in the Chinese lunar cycle — 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, and 2008 — arc around the upper and lateral periphery separated by raised dots, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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